Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Skype link - Irritating

Suddenly, all telephone numbers appear as a skype link. The problem is the link does not even show complete number but just a few numbers and the link. So you will never be able to read the number but forced to click on the link., wait for skype application to open and whole set of operations follows. Does get frustrating.

To get rid of this, pl locate the skype on the IE's toolbar. Click on it and you can disable the skype links. Its a IE plugin that comes with the skype download. Its more a nuisance than anything else. Its very irritating when established companies like Skype try forcing themselves on you.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Sabeer Bhatia - Will he make another Hotmail?

Sabeer Bhatia is back in action! For guys who don't know him, he was the guy behind Hotmail, and later sold it to Microsoft for a whooping USD 400 million!

He is now entering the much touted and flourishing segment "VOIP" with his product Voifi. He also has solutions for the booming blog world. BlogEverywhere.allows you to read and write comments on any web page as you surf the net. Also has a Hotmail enhancer that allows email downloading for better performance and an Outlook-like preview function that allows an entire mail message to be viewed directly in the Inbox.

Thanks Ramki for letting me know about Voifi.

Just got curious to know what this Indian Entrepreneur is upto these days.

BlogEverywhere.com, allows you to read and write comments on any web page as you surf the net. Also has a Hotmail enhancer that allows email downloading for better performance and an Outlook-like preview function that allows an entire mail message to be viewed directly in the Inbox.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Sudoku

Ever since I moved to the US, one of my favorite hobbies has been playing online games. Some of my favorite ones that I can sometimes play even all day are Pacman, Lingo available at GSN's website, Scrabble at ISC.

The recent inclusions have been Reversi which is a very interesting board game that involves strategy and planning. This is offered at Yahoo Games Website.

But the most recent and addictive one [sometimes can even get frustrating!!] is Sudoku. I usually play at Reader's Digest's website.Let me know if you have any interesting info or websites on Sudoku.

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta - Will it be a Winner or is it too Late?

Microsoft IE 7.0 beta is available for download. Yes, it is still in beta and is in a testing phase with developers. For all early adopters like me, it is available for download here.A few observations I have:Since it is better you note the cons before you download [Remember its just a beta, so the objective is not to get critical but keep my readers informed]

When I try clicking on a web link from my Microsft Outlook, you will have to explicitly associate the web links and IE atleast the first time, though IE has always been my default browser.

I am not sure how heavy the application is and how taxing it can get on your system. Especially when I am editing this blog, I notice a perceptible lag between the action initiation and acual task completion. [even for a 'delete' to happen, it takes a second or more extra]

The nice things that will definitely put a smile on your face:

Very appealing look and feel. I would say "It looks neat, crisp and visually very appealling".

If one reason you preferred another browser to IE was because IE didn't have tabbed browsing, its a thing of the past. IE 7.0 allows tabbed browsing

The toolbar is thinner and giving more space for website content.

Also the toolbar's design makes it less conspicuous and therefore the website you browse, gets all the attention

It also provides a built-in search box and you can choose your favorite search engine

It also boasts an in-built feed reader

Looks like they have built some security against phishing websites

Contrary to the fact, that IE enhancements always accompanies OS version improvements, Bill Gates announced an updated version of IE 7 to be released, without waiting for the next version of Windows to hit the market.

This version has a whole load of responsibilities:

The recent security leaks almost has lead people to consider IE itself as a security threat. IE may have to deliver itself against all these security attacks.

Netscape has announced a re-entry. IE will have to get stronger if they have to face this once upon a time strong player.

Most importantly it has to snatch back the market-share it lost to Firefox.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Log into your messenger from office!

So have you felt that your office is interfering with one of your basic freedom or basic right - the right to communicate to your friend. The firewall does not allow you to log into any of your favorite messengers. You should then try meebo.com

By the way, I have undergone SOX sessions. So I should also put forth the disclaimer. Though it does sound fun to sneak in through this website, pl remember your company has a very good reason to ban the access to these applications. They can pose considerable threat to information security. Be careful! you can have your internet access revoked or some companies take it even more seriously. They can even terminate you.

Apple Powerbook G4's CD drive disturbs my slumber

I guess I almost forgot the existence of this blog until we encountered problems with our G4 powerbook CD-Drive yet again!!! One of my earlier postings was regarding the issues I had with Apple Powerbook G4's CD Drive. The article kinda received protest from Mac fans. I received quite a few emails. Well to all of them, I am encountering the problem once again? What will you have to say?

Yesterday the Powerbook-G4 displayed error message - "Cannot read CD-Drive". We did the 'shut down + Restart' exercise and then we could see the CD Drive once again. Problem resurfaced when we tried burning a CD. It indicated that it would take atleast two hours for the 16 songs to be written to the CD. I first brushed it off saying that it was rubbish. But it kept reading the second song for more than ten minutes. I then forced termination of the process.

I am definitely not happy with the purchase of this Powerbook. Prospective buyers please double check before you decide to invest in this. However I should also tell you, that we have had problems only with the CD Drive so far. Otherwise we have not had any other problems with the product. ;-)

By the way, considering the frequency of the issue and the help required to handle these issues, I have registered a domain name MacCustomerSupport.com. It is available for sale!

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